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Animals of the Bible is a picture book written by Helen Dean Fish from the King James Bible with illustration by Dorothy P.Lathrop.Animals of the Bible was awarded the first Randolph Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1938, she won for the most distinguished book in the United States of that year for Animals of the Bible by Helen Dean Fish.

Description
Helen Dean Fish 'recalls an interest with special fascination with Bible stories that have to do with animals told for boys and girls, and happens to be the first picture book to portray Bible stories' in the way that the illustrator Dorothy P. Lathrop did, and with the context done by Helen Dean Fish. Helen Dean Fish 'accompanied text from the King James version' while keeping a child friendly text. Fish actually intended to reach a 'slightly older' audience. 'Animals of the Bible' 'retell 30 stories from the Old Testament and the New Testament by Helen Dean Fish and accompanied realistic illustration of animals' by Dorothy P. Lathrop.

Dorothy P. Lathrop
Dorothy P. Lathrop, is ' and author, artist and prize-winning book illustrator. Born April 16,1891 - December 30,1980. Lathrop was an author or several children's books and was awarded the first Randolph Caldecott Medal in 1938 as the illustrator for Animals of the Bible. She was very impacted by 'realistic illustration of animals, she preferred to draw from life when illustrating Animals of the Bible. She would often bring animals into the studio she shared with her sister, a sculptor, but many of the biblical animals were either too large or not native to her geographical area, so she resorted to visiting zoos, using photographs, or relying on her imagination'. The illustrator 'created detailed, naturalistic illustrations of more than 100 animals in two-dozen illustrations in the book; interesting enough she wasn't the best with people, for instance the book shows a child with two left feet in her illustration' of "The Peaceable Kingdom".

Characters
Animals of the Bible doesn't share a distinct primary character, but has many characters with specific stories that are selected out for the King James Bible. Fish tended to provide text in chronological order from Genesis to Luke. She not only selected stories with Animals from the Old Testament, but also the New Testament. Characters consisted of 'the beginning of creation, Noah's Ark, Abraham's ram, Daniel's lions, Jonah's great fish, the Good Samaritan's beast, the Prodigal Son's pigs and many others less well known'.

Artwork
Dorothy P. Lathrop was the Illustrator for Animals of the Bible, 'which she allowed a love of animals to help her illustrate the picture level on higher volumes of understanding. She 'studied the fauna and flora of Bible lands until each animal and bird, each flower and tree, is true to natural history'. Particular drawings in the picture book that Lathrop captured, were 'striking pictures of the behemoth, as he is described int he Book of Job, There are considered to be stunning double pages of the animals on their way to the Ark, of the Creation, and of Isaiah's "Peaceable Kingdom"; while the New Testament animals- the Christmas Manager, the foxes outside their hole, the fluffy baby chickens crowding close to their mother- are drawn as young and gentle creatures'. According to New York Times, her illustrations of Animals of the Bible will remain a lasting joy, that is found in those drawings.

Reviews/References
CALDECOTT IN BLACK AND WHITE

(1)http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=741f94f6-d9ca-4406-940a-467f667d17af%40sessionmgr104&vid=3&hid=102

HORN BOOK REVIEWS OF CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNERS, 1938-1939

(2)http://www.hbook.com/2012/12/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/horn-book-reviews-of-caldecott-medal-winners-1938-1939/#_

THE NEW BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS" BOYS OF SHANGHAI IN BRITTANY.. NEW YORK TIMES (1923-CURRENT FILE); FEB 4,1940; PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS: THE NEW YORK TIMES. PG.86

(3)http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/results/32382ED787BB4890PQ/1?accountid=11946 *

THE NEW BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS: THE WHITE STAG. WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY KATE SEREDY. 94 PP. NEW YORK : THE VIKING PRESS. $2. BIBLE ANIMALS A BOOK OF CAROLS

(4)"The New Books for Younger Readers." New York Times (1923-Current file), New York, N.Y., 1940.https://rpa.laguardia.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/105144268?accountid=11946.

DOROTHY LATHROP, 89, ILLUSTRATOR WHO WON FIRST CALDECOTT MEDAL

(5) "Dorothy Lathrop, 89, Illustrator Who Won First Caldecott Medal." New York Times (1923-Current file), New York, N.Y., 1981.https://rpa.laguardia.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/121550007?accountid=11946.

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT

(6)King James Bible Version,http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/